The former army chief was indicted in the case in March 2014. Time and again, the military leadership intervened to have the case quashed. When this did not happen, former army chief Raheel Sharif intervened to ensure that Musharraf left the country so that his trial could be stymied.
On March 18, 2016, he left Pakistan for Dubai for medical treatment after his name was removed from the Exit Control List on the orders of the Supreme Court.
A few months later, the special court declared him a “proclaimed offender” and ordered the confiscation of his properties. Later, his passport and ID card were cancelled on the orders of the top court.
